Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Ballast of Surface Aggregates Sinking through the Twilight Zone, supplement to: Mendes, Pedro André; Thomsen, Laurenz (2012): Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Ballast of Surface Aggregates Sinking through the Twilight Zone. PLoS ONE, 7(12), e50865

• Main Authors: Mendes, Pedro André, Thomsen, Laurenz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2015
• Subjects: Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification BIOACID; Thomsen; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.846489; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.846489

The dissolution of CaCO3 is one of the ways ocean acidification can, potentially, greatly affect the ballast of aggregates. A diminution of the ballast could reduce the settling speed of aggregates, resulting in a change in the carbon flux to the deep sea. This would mean lower amounts of more refra...